Comments

Help! First of all thanks for the instructions, i have followed your instructions verbatim but my system hangs at the boot screen. when i tried the -v option i get a message “still waiting for root device” any help would be greatly appreciated. My system is a single core intel mobo.

I need some major help with this “Using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers” I have this issue on my Acer M5630, a Q6600 machine. In the 10.5.1 installation, it won’t boot unless I use cpus=1 or disable APIC Mode in the BIOS, then it will boot, and I also needed to install SS2 to get around this “Using 10485…”. Now I installed 10.5.2, I can boot up without needing to disable APIC Mode or cpus=1, but I can’t get pass this “Using 10485…”. Believe me, I tried everything I can think of, I even recompiled my own AppleAPIC, IOAPIC and AppleSMBIOS kexts, (I inserted some IOLog comments hoping I will find out at which step things go wrong.) AppleAPIC was never loaded.It seems to me there is an issue with the I/O APIC and the local APIC not talking to each, or somehow the vector table is messed up. I have ran this machine on Ubuntu and Vista, Both run in 4 cores without any problem, so that rules out hardware problem.
Can someone give me an idea on what to do?

Also experiencing the same 2+ minute delay just before/during the blue screen at boot where I my monitor loses sync. I used the Kalyway 10.5.2 combo update and have the same issue.
Is there a better place to discuss issues with things such as this? A thread on insanelymac?

##
# Configure a network interface MAC Address setting
##
#
# This script will set the MAC Address setting for the specified interface(s)
#
# The name of the interface (ex. en0) must be edited to match the interface
# to which the MACADD setting should be applied
#
##

StartService ()
{
ConsoleMessage “Configuring MACADD”

### uncomment lines and change the value following ‘MACADD’ as appropriate mac address

15. Uncomment the /sbin/ifconfig line(s) to set the MACADD for a particular interface.

Note: Removing the number sign (#) from the beginning of a line uncomments it. Typically, en0 is the interface name for the Built-in Ethernet port and en1 is interface name for the AirPort Card. This is not always the case, though. To confirm that a network port is associated with a particular interface name, open the Network Utility (/Applications/Utilities/), and click the Info tab.

16. When you have finished customizing the file, save it (press Control-O), press Return, and exit pico (press Control-X).

When you restart the computer, MACADD is set for the interface that you specified.

Notes

1. The MACADD will be reset after changing a Location, waking the computer from sleep, or changing the state of the network interface. To use the script again without having to restart, enter the following command:

sudo SystemStarter start MACADD

2. If you experience any issues or wish to not set MACADD during startup, you can turn off the new script by changing the MACADD line in /etc/hostconfig to:

“Eeeeexcellent!” Third time’s the charm for me (iATKOS v1.0i -> 10.5.2) … I just had to test my luck with apple’s software update (I also like to put paperclips in outlets) and then I didn’t notice I wasn’t root so that screwed up the first attempt at Netkas’ instructions. I did some much needed research on what kexts to archive (the union of all the ones suggested in the comments) and voila! My CPU shows correctly (2GHz Core Duo) but interestingly enough, it’s still showing “iATKOS” and the Turk team’s logo.

Well i gone through above but i did not understand how you know what files are to backed up well i tried to copy all the files listed above by different ppl and restore them all but still no use so i feel its better not to update till some detailed explanation comes out.

I am totally new to it and may be after a while i would be able to get a benefit from the work.

I tried twice but after the update it keeps getting restart at darwin boot loader.

Changing the AppleACPIPlatform.kext to the 10.5.1 caused a kernel panic on my system. I had to take the 10.5.2 kext and copy the ACPIPS2Nub.kext from a 10.5.1 kext in the PlugIns folder. Now PS/2 works with retail install.

After upgrading to 10.5.3, I am seeing a pile of _CFGetHostUUIDString errors in the console log (one for each window that opens). I have the “final” IONetworking solution patch installed, and it was working fine before the upgrade. Here’s an example:

Hey netkas,
followed your guide to the letter, but after clicking restart, my system starts to boot, and then never goes into the second restart you mentioned. I waited like 10 minutes, and as far as I could tell nothing was happening (but the load circle continued to spin). I got a small circle with a cross through it over the top of the apple symbol on the startup screen, could this be affecting things? I foolishly set quietboot yes on my boot.plist so I can’t enter single user mode, but I have an xp install with mac drive. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Update:
Used windows partition to modify boot.plist settings. had to revert to 10.5.2 kexts for ahci support (because it was somehow missing from the combo updater?!?) However, I was getting strange permissions problems (admin password wasn’t accepted etc.) so I reran the updater. Now I’m experiencing general system instability (itunes randomly quits, system seems much slower, etc.) anyone know if this is common among 10.5.3 adopters or did the 2x installation of the update perhaps mess me up? The kexts I replaced where IOAHCIFamily, AppleAHCIPort, , itunesphone something or other eth, and IOSerialFamily. Does anyone know of a way to modify the actual 10.5.3 kexts for use with ICH9R chipset AHCI controllers?

After my initial clean install of Kalyway 10.5.1, I decided to try the “safe root” & upgrade to 10.5.2 first, before attempting 10.5.3.

Despite FOUR attempts & FOUR complete rebuilds, i’m still getting the same result….

At first , I log in as root & Everything looks OK, – I start the script; Then start the PKG file. When that runs sucessfully, I check if AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext has gone;

If it has I stop the script, them mod the “1” file with the appropriate alteration, & finally I check to see if dsmos.kext alive & kicking in the appropriate place.

For safety,I trash the “Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext”

After all that checks out OK, finally I reboot & cross my fingers!

The thing re-boots just fine – goes into the “Black screen” for a few secs, reboots again – them gets stuck at the Apple splash screen (the white one with the apple logo & the spikey thingy going round at the bottom!).

There seems to be little or no disk activity at this point, but the spikey “system loading indicator” just keeps on spinning – indicating it’s not frozen.

Please note, as this is a “clean” install no kexts are loaded for the GFX card (Sapphire HD 2600 pro 512K), sound or networking, before hand – i’d rather wait to see what the update fixes first before I start messing BOUT WITH kexts!

Also I could only get Kalyway installed if i formated my HD to MBR.

Before I tried updating I managed to get both QE & GL working fine but kept suffering “blackouts” when i opened various sub-menus.